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In the spring of last year, eighteen professors met to discuss university governance and alighted on the idea of creating a faculty senate—something that Stanford, Chicago, Johns Hopkins, and many other schools already have.
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Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
That legislation has been passed on the house side of the legislature and is now under consideration by the Maryland state senate.
—Edward Conroy, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The United States senator and the Democratic senate minority leader has spent his career serving his country in politics.
—Makena Gera, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Rutgers’s resolution has since been joined by at least four faculty senates at other Big Ten schools, with Michigan State University becoming the latest Tuesday.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
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Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
That legislation has been passed on the house side of the legislature and is now under consideration by the Maryland state senate.
—Edward Conroy, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The United States senator and the Democratic senate minority leader has spent his career serving his country in politics.
—Makena Gera, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Rutgers’s resolution has since been joined by at least four faculty senates at other Big Ten schools, with Michigan State University becoming the latest Tuesday.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senate
Noun
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Luckily, Higuera had inherited land and was already in the process of building a two-bedroom house in Guerrero.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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Adding more heat to the house by turning on the oven or stove is the last thing most Southerners want to do when the temperatures outside are scorching.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
12 July 2025
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If a person falls into the chamber while a tow is passing through, the blocks are thrown down with them, maintaining just enough of a gap in the chamber to keep the person from being crushed by the vessel.—
Connor Giffin,
The Courier-Journal,
9 July 2025
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In Colorado, a measure aimed at expanding protections from surprise ambulance bills got a unanimous thumbs-up in both legislative chambers.—
Rae Ellen Bichell,
NPR,
9 July 2025
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“Senate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senate. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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